Wednesday, March 26, 2008

One of the hazards of having two boys in between my two girls is that the competition is thick around here. If one son wants to play football, the other has to too. It doesn't matter if it's Battleship, Chess or who can eat the most pizza if there's a way to measure who does it the most, the best or first David and Spencer are struggling to show who's the bigger man.

This activity at least helps to contain all that testosterone-filled energy in a smaller space. Containment is always a good thing right?

Anyway, get a bucket or large aluminum can for each player (you need at least two but more makes it exciting), give them a weapon to whack (soft is better) then see who can stay on their can the longest. Once you step down you're out, the last one standing wins.

If you don't have a boffing weapon here are directions on how to make one using PVC pipe, duct tape and foam tubing but using one of those swimming pool noodles works well for small children and for older children who need a bit more force you could roll long tubes of newspaper into suitable weapons.

That ought to keep them busy for a little while.

This is the last week I'll be hosting the Winter Bazaar, thanks to everyone who has contributed ideas--it's been fun! Next month I'll be posting some of my favorite home organization ideas. As always, if you'd like to participate leave your link below.

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One of the hazards of having FOUR boys is that the competition is deadly and a simple activity can turn into dangerous peril...LOL! Maybe there was a day when they were smaller I would have done this...Well, I never needed to they did things like that on their own. NOW my house would fall down around my ears and someone certainly would break a bone! LOL! Great post!

With three boys and one girl (in the number two slot) it often seemed I had four boys until she turned 12 and got her first heeled dress-up shoes and had her ears pierced. She also tended to be the injured one because she would press the envelope to keep up or outdo the brothers. She could (and still can) give them a run for their money but she's more inclined to be involved with her girlfriends and girl stuff. Her daughter is all girl, except when it comes to granddad's toy trains which she loves to run.

This looks like the perfect Family Home Evening activity (one where I can sit and watch while eating all the treats as my husband systematically knocks all the kids over and they scramble for more). Great Idea!

We have a Thanksgiving tradition similar to this involving two 5 gallon buckets and rope. It's like tug-o-war except you try to get the other one to fall down and loosening the grip on your rope is acceptable! It's fun to watch the men fight each other.

noodle wars...wicked stuff at my house!!! i buy new ones (pool noodles) every year, the little ones get a half a noodle. i LOVE the addition of the bucket tho...keeps them contained!!tho mine always do their noodle wars out of doors (winter weather makes not much difference here tho)....:-)